A 2-year-old Houston boy who died Saturday was burned, hit and beaten with a belt before his death, according to court documents.

The toddler's mother, Lynette Gasper-Washington, and her boyfriend, Rajfik Keating, were jailed over the weekend on aggravated assault of a child charges.

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First responders rushed to the scene Saturday night in southwest Houston after a 911 call reporting a toddler who'd stopped breathing. When firefighters arrived at 7600 Creekbend around 10 p.m., they found a child already being given CPR and taken to a waiting ambulance, according to police.

The toddler was later pronounced dead at the hospital, and homicide investigators were called in when authorities spotted bruises on the little boy's body.

After an investigation and questioning, police arrested Gasper-Washington and her boyfriend on Sunday. They're both being held in the Harris County jail on $500,000 bail and are due in court Tuesday.